Postharvest biology and technology of horticultural crops : principles and practices for quality maintenance

The ultimate goal of crop production is to provide quality produce to consumers at reasonable rates. Most fresh produce is highly perishable, and postharvest losses are significant under the present methods of management in many countries. However, significant achievements have been made during the...

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Other Authors Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oakville, ON : AAP, Apple Academic Press, [2015]
SeriesPostharvest biology and technology book series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781498709248
9781771880862
DOI10.1201/b18438
Physical Description1 online zdroj : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; About the Editor; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Symbols; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1: Factors Affecting the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Recent Understandings; Chapter 2: Advances in Nondestructive Quality Measurement of Fruits and Vegetables; Chapter 3: Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Postharvest Quality Improvement of Fruits; Chapter 4: Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Postharvest Quality Improvement in Vegetables; Chapter 5: Advances in Storage of Fruits and Vegetables for Quality Maintenance
  • Chapter 6: Active and Smart Packaging Film for Food and Postharvest TreatmentChapter 7: Advances in Postharvest Diseases Management in Fruits; Chapter 8: Integrated Postharvest Pest Management in Fruits and Vegetables; Chapter 9: Flower Senescence; Chapter 10: Postharvest Management of Fresh Cut Flowers; Chapter 11: Postharvest Management of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; Chapter 12: Postharvest Management of Spice Crops; Chapter 13: Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables; Chapter 14: Advances in Postharvest Disease Control in Vegetables